Word: quickened
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...they formed the association proves that the extraordinary amount of good material which has come to Harvard in track athletics has been largely brought out and strengthened by the annual meetings of the association. Last year many records were broken; and the interest since that time has seemed to quicken in proportion to the increasing success of the games. The sports to be held on Saturday ought, therefore, to be of greater success than ever before. Harvard men who are directly interested in the association have consented to give their help as officers of the meeting. The college should...
...Students were not allowed to sell each other articles of more than on shilling's value. Most of the punishments were by fines. Five shillings was the penalty for lying. Tutors were requested frequently to visit the students in their chambers after nine o'clock in the evening to quicken their attention to their studies. If any rum or brandy was found in a student's room it was to be taken away and disposed of by the president and tutors. Besides imposing fines the immediate government might at its discretion, punish the undergraduates by boxing. For sending a freshman...